Headlining our second collaboration and full building activation with Oakland’s SMARTBOMB arts collective, drummer, electronic musician, DJ, and producer Shigeto performed on the Miner Auditorium stage with his trio featuring keyboardist Ian Fink and saxophonist Marcus Elliot.
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Step into the SFJAZZ “living room” and hear artists and tastemakers spinning their favorite recordings while in conversation. Listening Parties offer listeners the chance to get behind-the- sce...

In honor of Bobby Hutcherson's birthday today!

SFJAZZ presents another Jazz Minute – a brief look at important figures, movements, and moments in jazz history and the present day, in both the San Francisco Bay Area and aroun...

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Following her magical appearances during the 2022-23 Season, GRAMMY-winning bassist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello brings her latest project to the Miner stage, No More Water/The F...

On this episode of “Drop the Needle,” Buena Vista Social Club mastermind and leader of Afro-Cuban All-Stars, Juan de Marcos, takes us through a cross-section of Cuban greats from the 1960s to the 1990s and shares his insights and personal recollections.

After gaining international fame for rev...

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The most acclaimed vocal group in the world, 10-time GRAMMY winning sextet Take 6 make their inaugural appearance at SFJAZZ, celebrating 45 years of sweet harmonies and inspiring messages of hop...

David Balakrishnan (violinist, composer and founder of the Turtle Island Quartet) sits down with SFJAZZ Executive Artistic Director Terence Blanchard. The two friends and bandmates discuss the intersection of jazz and classical music, their love for composing operas, and fond memories of working ...

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The scion of a legendary Hindustani percussion dynasty, Zakir Hussain is universally acknowledged as the world’s greatest tabla virtuoso, a master of classical North Indian music who has collaborated with a glittering...

Quickly becoming an annual tradition at SFJAZZ for Bay Area jazz fans of all ages, pianist Adam Shulman reprises his tribute to Bay Area jazz legend Vince Guaraldi and his beloved soundtrack to Charles Schulz’s 1965 holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas. Shulman’s stellar trio was joined on ...

In this episode, vocalist and songwriter Lizz Wright shares the inspiration behind her song “Sparrow,” the opening track from her 2024 album Shadow. The song’s message of perseverance, hope, and retaining one’s roots is beautifully expressed through her performance captured on the Miner Auditoriu...

Step into the SFJAZZ “living room” and hear artists and tastemakers spinning their favorite recordings while in conversation. Listening Parties offer listeners the chance to get behind-the- scenes and hear about music from the artist’s perspective. The format is an on-stage conversation in the Ro...

This time on The Breakdown, bass legend, composer, and 2017 NEA Jazz Master Dave Holland speaks to a group of bass players about uneven time signatures, tracing their history in jazz going back to landmark recordings by drummer Max Roach and their common use in Indian classical music. Holland ans...